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Share your feedback on City of Parramatta's Eastern River Transformation Project draft design

City of Parramatta is seeking feedback on the draft design concept for the Eastern River Transformation Project. As the residents in Parramatta re-discover a love of their River, an opportunity exists to emphasise that focus by separating cycling and walking along the Parramatta Valley Shared Path (PVSP) from Silverwater Bridge to Park Road in Rydalmere.

We Need Your Feedback: City of Parramatta’s Draft Social Infrastructure Strategy

City of Parramatta Council’s Draft Social Infrastructure Strategy is currently on public exhibition until 16 October 2017. The draft Social Infrastructure Strategy identifies and assesses existing social infrastructure provision throughout the Local Government Area (LGA) and outlines Council’s long-term direction for social infrastructure

Disability

International Day of People with a Disability – Call for Performers

International Day of People with a Disability is being celebrated in Blacktown this year with a series of events from 4 to 8 December and a Picnic in the Park on 6 December. Disability Services Australia is inviting expressions of interest from groups or individual performers who would love to get up on stage and show off their talents during the picnic,

GWS Regional News

Get involved in the Biggest Recess 2017

The Biggest Recess aims to highlight that it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that the children of today grow up healthy and well. This year’s Biggest Recess will take place on 27 October, and organisations across NSW will take part. Organisations can register a team to participate

Every child who receives their 12 month, 18 month or four-year-old immunisation in participating practices in Western Sydney during the Immunisation Bike Competition will be eligible to go into the draw to win a bike and helmet. Since its implementation, this initiative has seen more than 4,700 western Sydney children immunised

Generation CommunitY leadership program – EOIs for 2018 close soon

Generation CommunitY is a leadership program designed for people under 35 who are on the pathway to a management role or already in a management position. Generation CommunitY is your chance to develop key knowledge and leadership skills from market experts, helping you transition into leadership roles a

ICSA to administer financial assistance for women from the Indian Government

The Indian (sub-continental) Crisis and Support Agency has been empanelled by the Government of India to offer financial assistance to Indian women living in Australia who have been abandoned by their husbands.

Jobs growth needed for Western Sydney

The key to future job security in Sydney will be providing support to the growing population in Western Sydney, with better infrastructure and employment hubs like the one established in Parramatta, according to Professor Phillip O'Neill, director of the Centre for Western Sydney at Western Sydney University.

Carers Day Out for carers from across Sydney

Western Sydney University Social Work & Community Welfare Careers Expo

Agencies and community sector organisations are invited to hold a stall at the Western Sydney University Social Work and Community Welfare Careers Expo. This expo helps students graduating in Social Work and Community Welfare from the university to gain an understanding of the agencies working in the Western Sydney Region.

Reminder: NSW Youth Advisory Council – closing soon

Apply now to join the 2018 NSW Youth Advisory Council and have your say on issues that matter for young people in New South Wales. On the council you will have the ear of the NSW Government and the opportunity to take a stand for issues you care about.

MeetUp: helps groups of people with shared interests plan events and facilitates offline group meetings

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